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2023-2024 WWCC College Catalog 
    
2023-2024 WWCC College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS& 223 - Engineering Physics III with Lab


Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 4
LAB hours per week: 2
This is part three of a calculus-based physics sequence intended for physical science and engineering majors. Topics include electricity and magnetism, with selected topics from optics and modern physics as time allows. Lab work required Formerly: PHYS 203.
Prerequisite(s): PHYS& 222  with a grade of C of higher, or permission of the chair or designee.
Course Outcomes:
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental concepts of electricity and electromagnetism, including electrostatic potential energy, electrostatic potential, potential difference, magnetic field, induction, and Maxwell’s Laws.
  • Apply circuit theory, including Ohm’s Law and Kirchhoff’s Laws, to circuits with potential sources, capacitance, and resistance, including parallel and series capacitance and resistance.
  • Describe the effects of static charge on nearby materials in terms of Coulomb’s Law.
  • Use Faraday’s and Lenz’s Laws to find the electromagnetic forces. 
  • Analyze a written problem or observed phenomena, simplify it, identify the key known and unknown features, make predictions, and evaluate those predictions based on the principles of physics.
  • Solve quantitative problems related to electricity and magnetism using algebra, trigonometry, and calculus.
  • Design and carry out laboratory experiments that relate to electricity and magnetism.
Course Topics:
  1. Electric charge and electric field
  2. Gauss’s Law
  3. Electric potential
  4. Current and resistance in DC circuits
  5. Magnetic field
  6. Electromagnetic induction
Course Attribute(s): Lab Course, Natural Science, Transferable Elective